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The Men behind the Guns A Cheer and salute for the Admiral, and here ’s to the Captain bold, And never forget the Commodore’s debt when the deeds of might are told! They stand to the deck through the battle’s wreck when the great shells roar and screech— And never they fear when the foe is near... Poet: John Jerome Rooney	“Out from behind this mask” To Confront His Own Portrait for “The Wound Dresser” in “Leaves of Grass” OUT from behind this bending, rough-cut mask, These lights and shades, this drama of the whole, This common curtain of the face, contained in me for me, in you for you, in each for each. (... Poet: Walt Whitman	“The men behind the guns” [The Spanish-American War, 1898] A CHEER and salute for the Admiral, and here ’s to the Captain bold, And never forget the Commodore’s debt when the deeds of might are told! They stand to the deck through the battle’s wreck when the great shells roar and screech— ... Poet: John Jerome Rooney	Behind Me — dips Eternity — Behind Me — dips Eternity — Before Me — Immortality — Myself — the Term between — Death but the Drift of Eastern Gray, Dissolving into Dawn away, Before the West begin — 'Tis Kingdoms — afterward —... Poet:
Behind the Scenes The actor struts his little hour, Between the limelight and the band; The public feel the actor's power, Yet nothing do they understand Of all the touches here and there That make or mar the actor's part, ... Poet:	Death leaves Us homesick, who behind, Death leaves Us homesick, who behind, Except that it is gone Are ignorant of its Concern As if it were not born. Through all their former Places, we Like Individuals go Who something lost, the... Poet:	The Dust behind I strove to join The Dust behind I strove to join Unto the Disk before — But Sequence ravelled out of Sound Like Balls upon a Floor — Poet:	The event was directly behind Him The event was directly behind Him Yet He did not guess Fitted itself to Himself like a Robe Relished His ignorance. Motioned itself to drill Loaded and Levelled And let His Flesh Centuries from... Poet: